Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
HONORE DE BALZACVice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
HONORE DE BALZACLove is the poetry of the senses.
HONORE DE BALZACThe greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
HONORE DE BALZACA mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
HONORE DE BALZACA lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
HONORE DE BALZACIn diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
HONORE DE BALZACIf you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man’s life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool’s notion of history.
HONORE DE BALZACEvents are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
HONORE DE BALZACWoman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
HONORE DE BALZACTalent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
HONORE DE BALZACThe man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
HONORE DE BALZACWe cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
HONORE DE BALZACLike hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
HONORE DE BALZACSolitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
HONORE DE BALZACA naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
HONORE DE BALZACIn the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
HONORE DE BALZAC